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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1969
Page
2
Morehead Ky AP Harien Hamm named state director of the Kentucky Thespian Society. Hamm will oversee programs for high school theater students and coordinate regional events across the state.
The Democratic precinct chair for Box 251, Barrett Station, proposed replacing an election judge after trustee Woodard stated concerns about job performance. The board considered pollwatchers, pending a petition, and prepared to verify voters against the district tax roll. A May bond plan changed to 2.2 million for one high school on a Crosby Elementary School corridor site.
Trustees reviewed a $2.2 million plan to keep the two community schools running while a $1.65 million bond bid could move up if the larger proposal fails. Trustee Schmidt opposed the larger bond as uneconomical and warned it might leave facilities unused later. Petrick urged the press to avoid confusing the public as the board noted a Supreme Court ruling on revenue bonds may not apply to Crosby elections.
Oak Addition residents urge city to pave 18 streets including Cedar Doris and Laredo and to pursue all federal grants. They call for stronger traffic control on Texas Avenue Airhart and for emergency sewer repairs on Avenues J and K. A community recreation site, mosquito control, cleaner vacant lots, drainage upgrades and better street lighting are requested, with a call to engage in democratic processes.
Tickets remain for the Baytown Hawks Monterrey trip by chartered bus on July 4 5 and 6. For information call 427 3254 or 422 3533. William Reuben Bickley III of Baytown earned a BA at Vanderbilt University cum laude, major psychology.
Dr Kelly McMillin McMillin directed fuels planning at a refinery and lived in Baytown at 436 Rollingwood. He was a member of Westminister Presbyterian Church and held a chemical engineering degree from Texas Tech plus master's and PhD from the University of Texas.
Regents discussed finance and authorized a reserve for contingencies within the college operating fund balance sheet to shield the fund from unforeseen events until an independent attorney's opinion is secured.
Admitted patients include Russell Hampton and Leroy Massey in Gulf Coast rooms 109 and 107 respectively. Others are Dan Ross Ellis in 100 Joyce Nadine Kelly in 102 Rachel Hogg in none listed Jessie Harwell in 144 Marie Russel in 123 Sally Shanks in 122 Thelma Shafer in 153 Rebecca Pierson in 16 Jerry Fuller in 104 Carlos Correa in 223 Juan Correa Jr in Baytown and David Mickel in 124 with multiple Crosby Baytown La Porte and Cleveland ties.
Mayor Glen Walker won council permission to recall the city's sanitary sewer subcommittee for further study of sewage disposal conditions. The council referred to city administration for review and delayed action on parking meter ordinance changes. Bob Stipe questioned who has authority to block streets during construction and under what conditions. The $0.25 courtesy parking fine remains in effect as the council tabled the amendment. Hullum, Evans, and Cannon opposed tabling, citing enforcement gaps and unauthorized park benches appearing around town without council approval.
Biography outlines Mann's public service career from Baytown patrolman to deputy constable and chief. He is a U.S. Army veteran of 21 years, discharged in 1948, and served as captain in a maximum security unit at Camp Gordon Georgia. He and his wife Dorothy Rebecca Peterson have two children, Kirk and Tanya Langston.
In Mont Belvieu and Beaumont area residents, led by Mr. and Mrs. Joe Cochran and family, joined about 65 attendees at the Boyette Family reunion held at Tyrrell Park in Beaumont. Karen Cochran from Brazoria spent the week visiting grandparents, wrapping the reunion events. A separate AP item notes a 175-pound mountain lion struck and killed by a car on Interstate 25 near Aguilar, Colorado, with the Trinidad driver unharmed.
Kelley recommended and the council agrees to permit experimental use of plastic water pipe by developers Joe Ayler and Douglas Gunn and to consider requests from others. A July 3 street sale will suspend parking meter fines except in front of the post office on Defoe Street. The council will keep meters in operation there during future trades days with bags placed over meters to suspend fines.
Circle K Club of Lee College sponsors a car wash Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Fuller Datsun on Market Street. Charge is 1 dollar per car and includes vacuuming.
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